3.1 Split up a single-part posting
Read Section 2.4 in the *.answers guidelines (see the top of this file
for where to get a copy) for more information on multiple-part
postings. Submit all the parts to news-answers@mit.edu. Wait for
approval before posting.
3.2 Add a new part to a posting which already has multiple parts
Note: In order to reduce how often you need to ask for new parts, you
might consider asking for more than just one new part approved at a
time, thus making your postings individually smaller and giving them
more room to grow. If you do this, please start using all the parts
that you've gotten approved at once, i.e., don't ask for 3 new parts
and then only expand to use the first new part at first, and then the
second, and then the third. Just spread your posting a little thinner
for a while.
a. If the new part's headers are consistent with the other parts
This means that that the Subject lines and archive names follow a
pattern already established for your posting. For example, your
Subject lines are in the form "foo FAQ part * of *" and your
archive names look like "foo-faq/part*". The old parts might have
their subjects changed because the "of *" changed, but that still
matches the same pattern.
Inform news-answers-request@mit.edu of the Subject lines of all
parts with changed Subject lines, and the Subject line and archive
name of the new part. Wait for approval before posting the new
parts.
b. If the new Subject or Archive-name does not fit an established
pattern
Submit the new part(s) and all significantly changed parts to
news-answers@mit.edu. Wait for reapproval before posting them.
3.3 Delete a part from a multi-part posting
Inform news-answers-request@mit.edu. Wait for approval before posting
if this will cause important changes in the other parts (changing
subject lines from "foo part * of 20" to "foo part * of 15" does not
count as an important change).
3.4 Add a diff posting
Read Section 2.5 of the "*.answers submission guidelines" (see the top
of this file for where to get a copy) for information on diff
postings. Submit the diff posting to news-answers@mit.edu. If your
posting had only one part before the change, change its archive name
(see Section 2.5 of the "*.answers submission guidelines") and submit
both the posting and the diff posting. Wait for reapproval before
posting the diff, and the regular posting if its archive name has
changed, to *.answers.

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